Curious Sites 2014-08-25, 12:34:03 A thread to share sites which you find interesting or novel or useful or downright daft.Explain a little of what is in it.Spammers will be deforested.
Re: Curious Sites Reply #1 – 2014-08-25, 12:36:19 The following site , FlightRadar24, shows the current position of aircraft as per the GPS system.http://www.flightradar24.comIt updates every few seconds so if you watch a flight it will move very, very slowly. You can drag the map to different places.Unless you join and pay them some money it dies after half an hour and you have to restart it. It’s a bit like watching paint dry but It could become interesting in some situations.
Re: Curious Sites Reply #2 – 2014-08-25, 12:49:50 Quote from: string on 2014-08-25, 12:36:19The following site , FlightRadar24, shows the current position of aircraft as per the GPS system.And in an age like this, airplanes still disappear without trace.
Re: Curious Sites Reply #3 – 2014-08-25, 13:30:54 Quote from: ersi on 2014-08-25, 12:49:50And in an age like this, airplanes still disappear without trace.Well, if it isn't found within a radius of a few dozen km of a reasonable estimate given the last known coordinates…
Re: Curious Sites Reply #4 – 2014-08-25, 18:13:20 Quote share sites which you find interesting it seems any kind of a forum is not a bad idea .and if have some plan to overload Brain with Huge informations this evil is just so evil --> facebook.com just -like- some pages of scientists , politicians , artists , etc or join some groups ... then enjoy the theory of everything . ...or probably OCD
Re: Curious Sites Reply #5 – 2014-08-27, 10:07:41 Quote from: string on 2014-08-25, 12:34:03A thread to share sites which you find interesting or novel or useful or downright daft.Since we have some posters interested in technology, computers, programming and such, I find this blog interesting to read occasionally:Critical UncertaintiesComplexity, Emergence & Risk in Using TechnologyIt has some posts better than others of course. Sometimes it gets a bit technical.
Re: Curious Sites Reply #6 – 2014-08-27, 12:45:23 Quote from: string on 2014-08-25, 12:36:19It’s a bit like watching paint dry but It could become interesting in some situations.I use this site quite a bit. The mobile version lets you see which airplane is in the horison right now, useful when firing BUK missiles to see which airplane you are about to accidentally hit. It is helpful to see which route the plane will be taking and thus if it is better to have a window seat on the left or right side of the plane. The map should have been combined with the one from blitzortung.org so that you could see which planes are about to fly into a thunder storm.
Re: Curious Sites Reply #7 – 2014-08-27, 12:56:36 If you prefer more virtual strikes, try IP Viking for a real time world map.